Fifty Years in Chains; or The Life of an American Slave
Charles Ball
Play
Length 10 h 48 min
Chapters 25
First published 1860
This is the story of Charles Ball, an American slave who was born in 1780 and remained a slave for fifty years thereafter. Ball told his story to a lawyer who turned it into this written work. (Summary by Tom Causby)
Chapters
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Chapter 1 Read by Tom Causby 27:23
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Chapter 2 Read by Tom Causby 43:04
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Chapter 3 Read by Tom Causby 41:20
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Chapter 4 Read by Salma Yasser 30:38
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Chapter 5 Read by Salma Yasser 24:26
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Chapter 6 Read by Maria Kasper 20:52
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Chapter 7 Read by Maria Kasper 29:35
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Chapter 8 Read by fiddlesticks 7:55
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Chapter 9, part 1 Read by James K. White 31:51
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Chapter 9, part 2 Read by James K. White 29:41
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Chapter 10 Read by Guy Lederfein 29:55
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Chapter 11, part 1 Read by James K. White 20:35
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Chapter 11, part 2 Read by James K. White 21:35
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Chapter 12 Read by Mike Pelton 31:21
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Chapter 13 Read by Mike Pelton 23:04
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Chapter 14, part 1 Read by Mike Pelton 23:35
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Chapter 14, part 2 Read by Mike Pelton 18:42
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Chapter 15 Read by Maria Kasper 25:50
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Chapter 16 Read by Maria Kasper 32:10
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Chapter 17 Read by Maria Kasper 24:53
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Chapter 18, part 1 Read by Maria Kasper 23:15
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Chapter 18, part 2 Read by Maria Kasper 24:31
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Chapter 19 Read by Leith Atia 24:00
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Chapter 20, part 1 Read by Maria Kasper 19:47
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Chapter 20, part 2 Read by Maria Kasper 17:50
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